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TM In on
Moon
Andrea Rivera
TM In on
Moon
Andrea Rivera
Published by Abdo Zoom™, PO Box 598166, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55459. Copyright © 2017 by
Abdo Consulting Group, Inc. International copyrights reserved in all countries. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher. Abdo Zoom™ is a trademark and logo of Abdo Consulting Group, Inc.
Printed in the United States of America, North Mankato, Minnesota 102016
012017
Cover Photo: Shukaylova Zinaida/Shutterstock Images
Interior Photos: Shukaylova Zinaida/Shutterstock Images, 1; iStockphoto, 4-5, 6;
NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio, 5, 16-17; NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, 7; Shutterstock Images, 8, 9,
19, 21; Edwin E. Aldrin Jr./NASA, 10-11; Neil A. Armstrong/NASA, 11; NASA, 12, 15, 14-15, 18; Craig Rubadoux/ Florida Today/AP Images, 15;
Editor: Emily Temple
Series Designer: Madeline Berger Art Direction: Dorothy Toth
Publisher’s Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Rivera, Andrea, author. Title: Moon / by Andrea Rivera.
Description: Minneapolis, MN : Abdo Zoom, 2017. | Series: In the sky | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016948919 | ISBN 9781680799525 (lib. bdg.) |
ISBN 9781624025181 (ebook) | ISBN 9781624025747 (Read-to-me ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Moon--Juvenile literature.
Classification: DDC 525.5--dc25
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2016948919
Table of Contents
Science 4
Technology 8
Engineering 10
Art 14
Math 16
Key Stats 20
Glossary 22
Booklinks 23
Index 24
Science
Moons are round objects.
4
They orbit larger planets.
Moons can be different shapes, sizes, and colors.
5
Earth has one moon. It is about 4.5 billion years old. Scientists
believe a space object hit Earth. Pieces broke off.
6
The pieces connected years later.
They formed the Moon.
7
Technology
People first observed the moon in the early 1600s.
They used telescopes.
8
They drew maps of what they saw. New telescopes show the Moon more clearly.
9
Engineering
Humans first landed on the Moon in 1969.
10
The astronauts wore spacesuits. 11
The suits had many layers. Nothing could get inside.
12
A backpack held oxygen.
This let the astronauts breathe.
13
Art
The Moon is covered in large craters. These spots can make the Moon look like a face.
14
This has inspired many artists.
15
Math
The Moon orbits Earth each month.
16
It goes through eight phases.
Its shadow changes each time.
17
A full moon looks like a circle.
18
A crescent moon looks like the letter C.
19
Stats
Earth is about four times bigger than the Moon.
The Moon is around 250,000 miles (400,000 km) away from Earth.
The Moon is the second brightest object in the sky. The sun is the brightest.
The Moon does not create light. It reflects light from the sun.
20
21
Glossary
astronaut - someone who travels to space.
crater - a dip in the ground shaped like a large bowl.
orbit - to travel around something, usually in an oval path.
phase - a regularly occurring stage of change.
telescope - an instrument that uses lenses, mirrors, or both to make faraway objects look closer.
22
Booklinks
For more information on the Moon, please visit
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Learn even more with the Abdo Zoom STEAM database. Check out abdozoom.com for more information.
23
Index
astronauts, 11, 13
colors, 5
Earth, 6, 16
orbit, 5, 16
phases, 17
shapes, 5
sizes, 5
spacesuits, 11, 12
telescopes, 8, 9
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